Boulder Ruckle

The Boulder Ruckle is the showpiece trad crag of Swanage, and getting-to-grips with a climb on it will be a highlight for many climbers\' who savour exhilarating climbing in an adventurous setting. The Ruckle, as it is affectionately known, runs westwards from Subluminal, unbroken for over a kilometre and, at over forty metres in height, it offers fear, exhilaration and many sensationally-positioned routes along its full length. The grade range from HS to E7 will appeal to many, however the seriousness of the free-hanging approach abseils, the difficulties of escape and broken finishes means that it is an option only for teams experienced in operating in this environment. Fortunately, protection possibilities are usually in good supply with the unrelenting steepness of the rock accounting for the grade on most climbs, rather than any great technical difficulty. So, for those in search of an adventurous mission, check the weather forecast, don a helmet, dust off the prusik loops and prepare to do battle on some extraordinary atmospheric classics with little likelihood of having to queue.

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Order	Climb	Buttress	Stars	Grade
1	The Roaring Forties	Lean Machine Wall	1	E2 5c
2	Sirius	Lean Machine Wall	2	E3 5b
3	Wild at Heart	Lean Machine Wall		E4 6a
4	Punks in Power	Lean Machine Wall	3	E6 6b
5	The Lean Machine	Lean Machine Wall	3	E5 6a
6	Surge Control	Lean Machine Wall	3	E5 6b
7	Buzz Cocked	Lean Machine Wall	1	E6 6b
8	Green Machine	Lean Machine Wall	2	E5 6a
9	The Roaring Boys	Lean Machine Wall	3	E7 6b
10	Charge of the Wild Horsemen	Lean Machine Wall		E1 5b
11	Charge of the Light Brigade	Lean Machine Wall		E1 5b
1	Le Jaune Mechanique	Ocean Boulevard Wall	1	E4 5c
2	Barracuda	Ocean Boulevard Wall	3	E4 5c
3	Tuna Lick	Ocean Boulevard Wall	1	E5 6a
4	Ocean Boulevard	Ocean Boulevard Wall	3	E3 5b
5	Mother Africa	Ocean Boulevard Wall	3	E4 6a
6	The Great Hunter House Milk Robbery	Ocean Boulevard Wall	2	E5 6a
7	Wall of the Worlds	Ocean Boulevard Wall	3	E5 6a
8	The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde	Ocean Boulevard Wall	1	E3 5c
9	The Ramp	Ocean Boulevard Wall		HS 4a
10	Indian Pacific	Ocean Boulevard Wall	2	E5 6a
11	The First Och Aye of the Tartan Army	Ocean Boulevard Wall	1	E3 5b
12	Screaming Blue Messiah	Ocean Boulevard Wall		E4 6a
13	Queen of Carp	Ocean Boulevard Wall		E5 6b
1	Jericho Groove	Aventura Area	1	HS 4b
2	Black Sunshine	Aventura Area	1	HVS 5a
3	Dark Side of the Sun	Aventura Area	2	E1 5b
4	Nassty Spider	Aventura Area	1	E2 5c
5	Aventura	Aventura Area	2	HVS 4c
6	Death is a Gift	Aventura Area	1	HVS 5a
7	Judgement Day	Aventura Area		E2 5c
8	Bottomless Buttress	Aventura Area	2	HS 4b
1	Silhouette Arete	Relax and Swing Area	2	VS 4c
2	The Fin	Relax and Swing Area	2	E5 6a
3	Cima Petite	Relax and Swing Area	2	E4 6a
4	Sun Streets	Relax and Swing Area	1	E2 5b
5	Snowdrop	Relax and Swing Area	1	E1 5b
6	St Elmo's Firé	Relax and Swing Area	2	E3 5c
7	Thunderball	Relax and Swing Area	3	E1 5b
8	Jo	Relax and Swing Area	3	HVS 5a
9	Thor	Relax and Swing Area	1	HVS 5b
10	Relax and Swing	Relax and Swing Area	3	E5 6a
11	Sardine Special	Relax and Swing Area	1	E5 6b
12	Jug Index	Relax and Swing Area	1	E4 6b
1	Future Primitive	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E4 6b
2	The Asp	The Grim Reaper Area	2	VS 4c
3	Prayers for Rain	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E3 5c
4	The Grim Reaper	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E1 5a
5	Alas, Poor Yorick	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E4 6a
6	Scythe	The Grim Reaper Area		E3 5b
7	Razor Blade Smile	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E5 6c
8	Blow the House Down	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E3 5c
9	Gold Fever	The Grim Reaper Area	1	E4 5c
1	Larus	Buccaneer Area		E1 5b
2	Joe 90	Buccaneer Area	2	E5 6a
3	Flying Finish	Buccaneer Area	1	E2 5b
4	Billy Pigg	Buccaneer Area	2	E1 5b
5	Rattler	Buccaneer Area	2	E1 5b
6	Fish Supper	Buccaneer Area	2	E3 5c
7	Sinbad	Buccaneer Area	2	E1 5b
8	Mickey Mouse	Buccaneer Area	3	E3 6a
9	Buccaneer	Buccaneer Area	3	E2 5b
10	Cutlass	Buccaneer Area	1	E5 6a
11	Bosun's Wall	Buccaneer Area	1	HVS 5a
12	Sheerline	Buccaneer Area	1	VS 4c
1	Diagonal	Finale Groove Area	1	HVS 5a
2	High Tide and Green Grass	Finale Groove Area	1	VS 5a
3	No Diagonal	Finale Groove Area	1	HVS 5a
4	Koo-koo	Finale Groove Area	1	E2 5c
5	RIP	Finale Groove Area	1	HVS 4c
6	Headstone	Finale Groove Area	2	E3 6a
7	Wide Awake in America	Finale Groove Area	2	E6 6b
8	Sweet and Sour	Finale Groove Area	1	VS 4c
9	Boatpusher's Arete	Finale Groove Area	2	E5 6a
10	Finale Groove	Finale Groove Area	3	HVS 4c
11	'B' Line	Finale Groove Area	2	VS 5a
12	Buzz Light Year	Finale Groove Area	2	E1 5b
13	Sweet SA	Finale Groove Area	2	VS 5a
14	All Guns Blazing	Finale Groove Area	1	E3 6a
15	Sea Lion	Finale Groove Area	1	HVS 5a
16	The Heidelberg Creature	Finale Groove Area	2	HVS 4c
17	Children of the Sun	Finale Groove Area	2	E2 5b
1	The Tool	Marmolata Area	2	E2 5b
2	The Tool (The Bad Workman Finish)	Marmolata Area		E3 5b
3	Man or Muppet	Marmolata Area	1	E2 5c
4	Bert and Ernie	Marmolata Area	2	E2 5b
5	Tatra	Marmolata Area	2	E1 5b
6	Marmolata Arete	Marmolata Area	1	E4 6a
7	Marmolata Buttress	Marmolata Area	2	E3 5c
8	Marmolata Combination	Marmolata Area	2	E1 5b
9	Director's Groove/Ashes and Diamonds Combination	Marmolata Area	1	HVS 5a
1	Director's Groove	Lightning Wall Area	1	HVS 5a
2	Lightning Wall	Lightning Wall Area	3	HVS 5a
3	Elysium	Lightning Wall Area	3	E1 5b
4	Brisingamen	Lightning Wall Area	1	E5 6b
5	Singing Winds	Lightning Wall Area	2	E4 6a
6	Dune Dust	Lightning Wall Area	3	E4 6a
7	Thunder Groove	Lightning Wall Area	2	HVS 5b
8	Gypsy	Lightning Wall Area	3	E2 5b
9	Waltz	Lightning Wall Area	2	E5 6b
10	Strongbow	Lightning Wall Area	3	E1 5b
11	Vortices	Lightning Wall Area	2	E2 5c
12	The Mace	Lightning Wall Area	2	E5 6b
13	The Adventures of Portland Bill	Lightning Wall Area	3	E2 5b
14	Aquarius	Lightning Wall Area	2	E3 5c
15	Montezuma	Lightning Wall Area	1	E5 6a
16	Acapulco	Lightning Wall Area	2	E4 6a
17	The Planet	Lightning Wall Area	2	E3 5c
18	White Dwarf	Lightning Wall Area	1	E2 5c
19	Ximenes	Lightning Wall Area	3	E2 5c
20	Gimcrack	Lightning Wall Area	1	VS 4b
1	October Lady	Old Faithful Area	2	E1 5b
2	Ice Queen	Old Faithful Area	2	E5 6a
3	Sun King	Old Faithful Area	2	E4 6a
4	Jasper	Old Faithful Area	1	HVS 4c
5	Via Concordia	Old Faithful Area	1	E2 5b
6	Nunentity	Old Faithful Area	2	HVS 5a
7	Big Bertha	Old Faithful Area	1	E2 5c
8	Old Faithful	Old Faithful Area	2	VS 4c
9	Baker's Dozen	Old Faithful Area	1	VS 5a
10	Argo	Old Faithful Area	2	HVS 5a
11	The Golden Fleece	Old Faithful Area	2	HVS 5a
12	Moose's Tooth	Old Faithful Area	2	E3 6a
1	Behemoth	Behemoth Area	3	HVS 5a
2	Soul Sacrifice	Behemoth Area	3	E3 5c
3	On Life's Edge	Behemoth Area	1	E5 6a
4	White Horse	Behemoth Area	1	E2 5b
5	Kingdom Come	Behemoth Area	2	E6 6b
6	Dublin Packet	Behemoth Area	2	HVS 5b
7	Anger is an Energy	Behemoth Area	1	E5 6b
8	Sparky	Behemoth Area	1	E5 6b
9	Let the Punka Burn	Behemoth Area	1	E3 6a
10	Too Precious	Behemoth Area	2	E6 6b
11	Prudence	Behemoth Area	2	HVS 5b
12	Ganymede	Behemoth Area	2	E1 5b
13	Galileo	Behemoth Area		E3 5c
14	In the Heat of the Night	Behemoth Area	1	E1 5c
15	Callisto	Behemoth Area	1	HVS 5b
1	Insectitude	Airy Legs Area	1	VS 4c
2	Airy Legs	Airy Legs Area	2	VS 4c
3	Insecticide	Airy Legs Area	1	E2 5b
4	Nutcracker Exit II	Airy Legs Area	2	HVS 4c
5	Warriors	Airy Legs Area	2	E1 5b
6	War	Airy Legs Area	2	E1 5b
7	Intersection	Airy Legs Area	2	S 4a
8	The Nutcracker Traverse	Airy Legs Area	1	S 4a
9	Subnutcracker	Airy Legs Area	1	HS 4a
10	The Long Goodbye	Airy Legs Area	1	HVS 4c
11	Seventh Wave	Airy Legs Area	2	VS 5a
12	Second Sight	Airy Legs Area	1	VS 5a

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